The Sun. — London, England, 1810-01-10 00:00:00

N as miry. itemg ior hei 10 d 0.4 C 0 11111101 T IgALL. Yesterday a Commen Hall 'was held for the pits rlse of receiving the Report of the -Lord Ma y or o l d s i3eriffs, on the Address voted by the Livery to his Lvistesty...--Abosit two o'clock, the Lord . May onan t l s heriff s . entered the , Hall, and his Lordship havin g t 'ken his seat on the husting s, stated the p urPose for which' they were assembled ; and requested that . 1 ! 1 the subsequent discussion, they would g ive every ; { Gentleman a fair; candid, and impartial hearings—. S ( tits Lordship was much applauded.) , The Clsrk then proceeded to rea d the Re p ort of a ( le Sheriffs, which" stated, that the Rernernbrancer ' l 4l called at the Secretary a State's Office with the• 'Actress, and an intiriaalion2that it was intended to u Ptesent it on the Levee - clay.' Nextday he was told ; Qat it must be left at the Secretary of State's Office, to be presented (as was usual with all Addresses, 'zept those from 'the two, Unive rsities, and the corporation of London), by him to-his Majesty.— On the Levee day, the Lord Mayor told the Seem . - t ary of State, that he then had the Address in hisi Pocket, and wished to present it. The Secretary. said it was best to. give it to him, and he would save the Lord Mayor all farther trouble ; to which his Lordship replied, that he would not consent to pre sent it to any one except- to the King in person ; and that it was botlet he wish of himself, and . the She riffs to do it in .shy way which would save his Ma 14ty most trouble. . Toe Secretary said, the King's Pleasure had been already 'taken and expressed as, to the, mode of presenting it. Mr. Sheriff Wood then detnanded an audience.O, his Majesty, whiCh the' Secretary replied could not be granted; except upon some especial and expressecLseasOn, and that no au- Illence could' be' granted on a subjea• upon which. his Majesty had already expressed his pleasores-L. 'Snell was the Report to receive which the Hall.had been calee. After the Report had been read, Mr, PAVEL'. Carne. tinward, amidst loud applauses, and said, that the strongest teature by which despotism was dis;-. inguislied from a free . Gd•jernitient, •was a free communication • between the subjed - and the Sove-- feign—in 'Open and easy approach to the Thron.e.—.-. Such was the right which they were that day assem bled to assert ; and without which; their Constitu tion could not be dis:lnguished from ade,spotism.— Every friend to thecountry must tse,ancious to see s that right estatalied—eaery friend to the King must` have a similar feeling. And he alone • was the best friend na the 'country; and the most loyal strbjeEt to the King, who, ,WtSbeti extricat.e..both from evil ar i d 'dangerous councils. Bad men would, of course, raise a cry against this clostrine ss• and•bad Ministerss as was natural, 4 seeiald deprecate enquiry--they. would. *shrink behind the Throne, and represent those who were dissatisfied with their conduct, and dared to speak out;. as)tostilelo die,,Governments and enTrietially,in the established ,order of thingsssjs' ut :was it, he Would ask, hostile and- unfriendly to sympathise with those . b - rave Mens who3e blood had been ,cruelly and • tnineCessurily spilti--naen who bad ever been forward to 3C.TVO the interests of their Country ; and. who, in- no -instance, had ever de- Bested or disgraced its standard. The man who "could and would offer such sympathy NA' as the best friend to the Constitution. When he used the word Constitution, he did not mean to use it petit maitre sense. ,which men were fund of who lived by abusing it, and who Were ever ready to ex- Claim against those who wish to.,restore it to its pri ----seitive purity. • Were such men real friends to the C. onstitseion ? Would they have opposed the ship= Money ? Would they have established King Wits limn on the Throne of England ? Wobld they ,have struggled for the - Hanoverian succession ? Would they halie shed their, blood - upo,n the. scaffold on VhiCh a Sydney and a Russell stiffered ? He would now read some of his Resolutions, but before he be gan; he wished to s ave them and himself some trouble, by asking whether they would wish to have their Address presented, as usual, to the Sheriffs, and printed in the daily, newspapers,, or would they have it sent to the Office of the Secretary of, State ? To this latter proposition an universal negative• wis.s . instantly given ; upon which Mr. Favep said be should then only read the Resolutions' which he. -4, judged necessary; and was sure they would be sup-. ported by every man who was favourable to those grin- ciples which had placed his Majesty's Family upon the Throne. Mt% Favell then,read .his Re.solutions, and retired. Mr. JONES came forward, lo second the Resold , tiens. The Livery of London had always held the right of having their Petitions presented to his Ma. jesty upon -his ,Throne. 'Of late, howeVei, that"' • right had been foregone, and the Petitions were ge-i berally presented upon the Levee.days, and even this . right was - now become a matter of discussion. He could not -help declaring, that he thought it in the highest degree dangerous to wave a right under any circumstaoces.e, If they now consented to do so, and allowed their Address to be sent to the Secre tary of State's Office, for the. purpose of : being by • bim transmitted to his Majesty, it was very pro liable his Majesty would never hear a syllable on . the subject. Ministers ought' not to oppose Ad dresses from the People. If they had acted they had nothing to fear from the expression of pub lic sentiment; and. if they had acted in'a contrary' manner, it was only just that his Maje Sty should be warned of their incompetency, and -rescued trom the consequent evils of their management.. They had :beard that those 'men 'who were most loyal • were the men who :sought to keep evil Councillora from the Throne. It was - a 'most judicious obser vation, and needed no' comment, as lie -was sure there was not a man that day in the Hall, who was not convinced of its Jones then rc, • tired.) ~it ryt) On the first Resolution being read, aidaeo Mr. WAITHMAN presented himself.—He saisl4,9 l , catise forward thus early, principally for the pureo s e of.corteding a stat ement which he made upon a for mer occasion with respea to particular individuals, and which had been represented in , a manner very different frorn'that which he intended. At that particular time he had occasion -to. make, some ob servations upon the abuse of the public money, in the -course of which he alluded to some distinguished fa milies in this country, who derived very large emo . luments out of the public revenue. He , was ready : to admit that the misrepresentation might. havOriseti in some degree from the manner in which fie ex - pressed himself. He therefore thought it an aft of justice due to those individuals., an A of jOstict due to the pisses.,:ssuo ".. ass. himself, that be should state in the thost explicit manner what he intended to have said. He meant to have stated, that there are great families in this .; country who derive emoluments from the public revenue in so*ze way or other, either in official situris tions, pension3,or sinecures, to the amount of3o,ntol. 40,000 r. or -i0,0001.' per annum, and that the fits iniliessof the Marquis of Hertford and Lord Castles ,teagh derived /between 30,0001:. and 40,0001. per . annum from the public taxes:, He • :said that those .- stains had been very much extende'd in some of - the . public papers, and , that the abOve two fa milies (which are related to each - other) had been :spoken of as if each derived the whole of the above 'emoluments. lie said it was his intention to have stated it correaly, but he did not state it tom any knowledge of his own. He had seen such state ments in some of the public prints for the last twelve months. It was there stated that the families of • LordCistlereagh and Lord Hertford derived out of the public 'revenue, either in the shape of salaries of ottices pensiOns, or places, the duties of which were executed by deputy, emoluments to the . amount of 36,6601. per annum. _This was not his statement ; it had .betn stated in the ptiblic prints ; he had seen it stated in Cobbett a year ago, and other papers, and how far that statement was cons. rea, he had no more the means of ascertaining than any other individual. ,He desired also to state, that. When he mentioned this sum, it must be taken into consideration that those emoluments arising from the office of Lord Castlereagh ,have cease'd frein the tittle of his quitting thatotlice. He thought it due to those personages that he should make this apo logy ; and he did not take any shame to himself in correding any' error he .might have committed, or any misconception that might have been the conse-, • quence'of that' error. Mr. WAITHMAN then proceeded to insist upon The necessity of inquiry into every branch of the public .expenditure at this time, when the whole host of tax-gatherers were at work ; maintained that the people had the undoubted right of petition ing, and of having those petitions carried up to the 'Throne. .He referred back CO that period when - the people first had that right assigned to them, and could not perceive any diflierence between that and Abe:present time. Having repeated all his usual al) ,herFations upon those subjects, he concluded by , re- . - COriimending.to the people to be firm and moderate, anti that they Would obtain what they. desired. The Resolutions were then read severally by the Clerk of 'the Court, and thebense of the Court taken on ach. The first to ur were carried unanimously 'amid the greatest bursts of applause. 'On _the . t,th • being put in the negative, there appeared one solitary hand . against it (by a Sons we understand, of Mr. • 'Deputy ketnble), which occasioned a great deal of murmur and loud,hisses, with cries of " Turn him . ! Turn bite out !No tax gatherers &c. !;stla order to allay the tumult, the LORD MAYOR came forward to the (font of the Hustings, and, after - Obtaiaing silence, stated, that he - trusted, for their own. sakes, they Would observe some' degree of de ' contra, as it was iiiieussible, amid such noise s to proceed with the grave and important business for which they had met.. Every man in that-Court had a right to express his sentiments, and, of course to vote as lie pleased, and however singhlar or solitary , such indiiiduala as differed from them might he, it Avas dee from their justice, as well as canclehr and liberality, to hear 'thew. His Lordship was heard with much attention ; but no sooner had he Concluded, than the storm.res commenced, and the former tries were, if possible, more loudly and more generally repeated. His Lordship spoke to the young Gentleman, Who was also on the Hustings, and, as we supposed, sug gested the propriety of. his retiring, which he rest,. letelys and with some degree of indignation, appear ed 'to decline. The Lotto MAYOR again requested they would stiffer the business to go on, and repeated the right that every man had to vote as he pleased. The up , Tote, however, still continuing, amid the reiterated cries from every ,quarter, of " No Tax-gatherer I Turn him. out ! Turn hini out !" Mr. Quits came forward, and converted the hisses of the Hall into loud applause. He had offers ed himself,' he said, to their attention, as one of the most strenuous advocates and asserters of their rights ; but while it was his highest ambition to ap pear in this charafter, he begged they would spew A regard also to the tights of others. Evety men certainly had a right to vote as he pleaied; and he would ask them how they should know their friends trOm their,enernies, unless they allowed a freedom of debate, and the right that every man had of vot ing for or against. On the present occasion, how ever, it was only a solitary individual that appeared to oppose them; but he coald . tell them, it was not one man they had to combat, but a whole host of men. Ttiey 'would have all the forces and influence of the Treasury against them ; the whole of the Excise Office, multiplied and ramified every where as it was. Th'ey must expect also, that all the Tax gatherers of every description would oppose them, and, it possible, the whole Army and Navy ;,'for such was the constitution of those bodies, and such. the channel of preferment, that the gallant defen ders of .the country, if they wished to be employed, must go along with the Minister in all his views.— He congratulated them on the firmness of the Lord. Mayor and. Sheriffs, in not permitting their Petition and Address to be sent to the Secretary , of State's Office e and, in addition to what had been already said .on that subje&, would say farther, that if the Petition and Address bad not been permitted to lie there unnoticed and forgotten, it would have been sent to the Clerk. of Council, and the Lords of.' Council; at their own time, would have taken it into .consideratiou, and, according to their own judgment or views, determined whether it Was of such a nature or not as to be presented to his Majesty. After direaing the attention of the Court to the two well known instances of '177.a and 1797, he adverted to that of the year 1800, when his. M ajesty did not refuse the Petition, but said he Would receive it wherever he pleased. Now, however, they' weretold that his Majesty would not receive it at all, unles through the Foreign Office. Ile re quested them to lonk with a jealous and a cautious eye et. this progressive encroachment made upon their lair and admitted rights of personally petition itig the Throne. The progress of the encroachment Ita , { been almost imperceptible. They had been stripped tirst of one part . ot their privilege, mid then be (*rived of the right of petitioning_aitogether. -r" the Hail N.vbom ImWever, he should not noire, 1 wis;it, in fait, but to deprive them of that I - who had represented him as timing acted dia right, to desire them to send their Petition to the . respeCtfully towards his Majesty, and intinnated. SeCretary of States Office, where. it Might either that he Wished to rush into his Majesty's pre lie unnoticed, or must be subsequently laid before sence. He bad particularly requested an audience, the Lords of Council for their approbation The but denied having been guilty of any indecorum, infirmitieS of his-Majesty ha d been stated as • an ob- and much less of disrespea towards ,leis Majesty. jeaion to his receiving their Petition on the Throne, What he hed done before he wonky again repeat ; as his state of *health had been in some former in- to obtain an atd.ierfce, - and„ to carry into effect their stances ; ,but no satisfaelory objection of this kind wishes of that day. He regretted te say, that there could be made in The present circumstances, and he were persons, wile, -if we dared-to complain, were contended, that while his Majesty was able to hold immediately prep firedto iniu , ite to us a desire to a levee, it certainly could not be too much to hold insult the grey heirs of a King whom they all vene out his hand to receive a Petition from 12,0.00 - of rated. It was easy to see the ground of thispretext, his.subjeas, ' , ,so interested as they were in the safety without looking to r it in , an excess of anitiou 'of the Thro ne and the prosperity of, the Country.-- or loyalty. No.exertioes shoeld be wanting on his Of those Miserable acid unhappy men, who were now' part to Carty their wishes to the Royal ear, in power he would say but little at present. T he y ' Mr. Sheriff Aextes then came fore ard, but sci were trying every art to keep: themselves in office, great was the noise and clamour, that he could nut and assumed a confidence to which they were not 1 be heard, entitled, either from their talents or success, or The Loan MAYOR begged that they would not from the voice of the . Public. That public voice, condemn a man unheard. • which their felt they could not - bribeethey attempted Mr. ATKINS then obtained a . hearing. He assured to silence, by assuming a highbut false tone of cone . the Livery that it was not' hii* wish to .pre4s himself fidence, by no means compatible with the critical t upon them, but hat!..) , / , been calle,i on by som i e ins and trying situation in which they had pi :wed them- dividuals, conceived b that they might have sonte Selves. What could they expeit from such .men,' question to propose to him, which he was here ready who, after all that had ,taken place, after all : the . to answer. After some mese he observed, that he calamities in which they had involved, the Country, was not conscious of having ) failed in any part of had'given it as their opinion, that no inquiry - was his duty since he came into office. Had any reason necessary. He concluded by recommending a lean- j been assigned, however, for not including him in the perate, but steady and dignified condtidt, on . the part vote of thanks, he shculdhave felt less uneasy. Heap- of the Court. pealed to the Lord Mayor and his Colleague in office, The 6th Resolution was then put, and, carried if he had not discharged the duties incumbent on unanimously. • l bide or if he had, in any respea failed in co-ope• On the question. being. put on the 7th, for in• rating:with them on this occasion. strucling their Members, &c. ,Mr. Sheriff Wool) bore testimony to the zeal of. Sir WILLIAM CURTIS came, forward, amid loud his colleague On this occasion, and stated the rea.di groans; and many cries of " Hear him ! hear him!" Heys be had always found- on his part to co-operate and atter s obtsiining a degree of silence, said, that he with him on the aubjeCt that bad been before them, felt it - his duty, as one of their Representatives, not and that he had been of opinion with the Lord Mayor to allow this. Resolution to pass without some ani- and himselfohat application should be made to theta madversion. His general political' sentiments and 'by c allin g a Hail, w h en every other. measure .had conduct were Well' known in another place; •He proved' inetredual. The. Court broke 'up at four. did not now, however, present himself to their notice as the advocate of Ministers, , nor would he at pre sent condemn them. He wished only to assure there, that if the question of Enquiry ever came be iittre the Hottae, he would give it all the support in , his power; (Hear ! hear I) . nor did he believe that the Commander in Chief of the Expedition to Wal- Cheren . would be averse to such a measure. He rather believed, on the contrary, that he wished an inves-. ligation of his condua might take place. With resa peer to the s eight of that court to petition the Throne, no - man could Vs a mere zealoua advocate than him self. He recollected that he had experienced the ereatest - satisfaction in presenting. to his M,ajesty in ' person, their Congratulatory Address on his Ma- . jesty's happy recovery from his illness, and he wished to see the Royal eae at all times open to his loyal subjects. With resp4t to his general conduct in the House of ,COmmons; he pledged himself to' act according 'to conscience. He agreed with most of the Resolutions; but would pledge himself to adhere. to no instructions, farther than his conscience should dictate to Mr. Altlermati Ceoataa assured them, that the sentiments of patriotism they had heard this day were so congenial with his own mode of thinking, and 'so conformable to his past political conduit, that they might rely, as 'far as practicable, on his compliance with their instrudions. He had always been of opinion' that the - short duration of Parlia ments was the most likely means of purifying the country, and putting an end to the many grievances and abuses of which they had*to complain. As he still adhered' in opinion to his former principles, he should endeavour unremittingly to maintain them. Sir JAMES Snvw then came forward amid !Stud hisses and murmurs, which having after some time subsided, he assured the Court, that, on all subjects connected with the rights or particular interests of the City, he should ever reckon it his duty to listen to their instruetions ; but with respect to' all matters of a general nature, and conueaed with the interest of thecountry at large, he could not pledge himself any farther to listen to their instructions, than as they appeared conformable to his own judg ment and conscience. He was himself a freeman, and while they asserted their ,own right, he trusted they would not infringe on his, by demanding what was inconsistent with the duty of - a free man, or what' would prove contrary to his conscience. [Cries of resign ? resign !] In Par liament he should feel it his duty to call for, and support Inquiry. With respect to Pensions and Sinecures, ads sentiments, he trusted were sufficiently kqo,wri from his conduit in the Committee of Fi nance, of which be had been a Member, and on all occasions had voted against abuses of this nature. He was friendly to the right of petitioning, not only as respeEted the City, but even the meanest indivi dual, and on that subjea they should always have his warmest support. The Itesolution was then put, and carried unani mously, as well as - that directing the Sheriffs to wait immediately on his Majesty, &sc. Mr. Fev tee then moved the thanks of the Court to the Lord Mayor, for his independent and patriotic conduit on all occasions, which were voted unani mously, and with much enthusiasm. The LORD MAYOR assured the Court, that ft should be his particular study, on all occasions, to proteit the rigbts and liberties of the city, while in the high office to which he had been called. Mr. FAYELL then moved the thanks of the Court to the two Sheriffs, for the zeal and attention they had given to obtain an audience of his Majesty. (Here there were loud cries of .IVo, No, no thanks to Atkins I Thanks to Mr. Wood; Mr. Sheriff Woad Only.) Mr. FAVELL again came forward, and moved the thanks to Mr. Wood only, as desired, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Sheriff WOOD assured the Court, that nothing was more gratifying to his feelings than 'the high mark of theieapproation they had conferred on him. He had corneent9 office with the sole view of dis charging its duties, without looking for any other re ward-than their approbation. Now that he was be fore them, lie would say a few words on the occa sion. He had done every thing in his power, in the most respectful manner, to obtain an audience,of his Majesty, and beitig conscious of having done no tiling more than his duty, he, felt it the inure sinful that some pains should been taken a' POLICE. HATTON-GARDEN V IIOE. --11 . Winnington was committed for trial, Charged : by Mr. Gray, collect ing clerk to a brewery, with addressing bim in the street, in a familiar way, saying he knew some of his sons who are at sea, which brought on, a conver sation as they walked along. Mr. Gray, so soon as be got.horne, missed his pocket book, containing 6001. in cheques and bills of besides :12i. in bank notes. The pocket-book was traced to the prisoner, wiib all the property but the bank notes; he' said that he had found the 'book in . the street. ' JUSTICE-ROOM, ,GuiLnitALL.—i r esterday a young man in the employ of Mr: , Sparrow, grocer in Lud gate-hill, was charged with embezzling some mo nies belonging to his master. It was stated by Mr. Sparrow, that having suspicion his servant robbed him, he marked a one pound note, , gave it to a friend, and requested he would purchase some ar tides at his shop; . the request was complied with; and in the mornincri upon - taxing all his servants with the robbery (vtr. S. having missed the odte), be sent for a constable', when the priSonerproduced the note, which he drew from his waistcoat pocket. He was remanded for another examination. FOR THE SVIV: TO THE PUBLIC. Now that the Lite unfortunate disputes relative to Covent-Garden Theatre are haPpily at au end, I oust that I shall not be accused of presumption in thus coming forward in my own behalf, and indulging the hope that I alone shall not be excluded from th general amnesty. I have been 39 years in the Bolc O 1 ice of that Ti.-atre, :Ind I humbly appeal to its Visitors, whether, 'during that long period, I have not served them' with - the utmost fidelity, zeal, and impartiality. It was . 'Witli"the deepest regret, inde pendertly of all perscinal cOnsiderations, that.in my anxiety to discharge what I conceived to be my duty, I found I had givenoffdtice. to any individual. I presume to hope, that the feelings which urged my dismission from a situation that I had.so lung held, have subsided, and that the public at la'ige will accept my hearty contrition. as an atonement for every thing that has ,been deemed improper in my conduct. if then, the characteristic ge,nei•csity and , clemency of Englishinen will accept this sincere expression of my regreti , 'and penult inc to resume my station, it s.balt.bomy constant endeavour, by every exertion, to, evince my gratitude for their kindness. I have the honour to subscribe myself, .. Their most devoted and very bumble Servo.nt, Bow-street, Covent-Carden, . lAMF3 BRANDON,,, TucWAy t lan. 9, ISt°. ROBBERY.—A hackney coachman, known by the name of Mercury, was robbed of his watch and 3Qs. on Sunday night, by two men, -who took his coach in St. Giles's, to go to Kilburn. They stopped him in•the Kilburn road, presented a pistol at his head, and c-;, , nmitted the robbery; after which the thieves cut the traces. It is stated in a Mitch ,paper, that a FrenChman named Retny L'Aine, a native - of Metz, and ern pioyed in the military hospital of Ntubo:g, lately at Stutgardt, saved the lives of 4 wounded scldie,is who were in dattger of perishing in an open boat on the river, by sw►mming with them succ2ssively cry his back to the sh‘ote, A subscription has been. opened at Stutgardt, to reward him. CO/PS-EXCHANGE, JAN. to.---To-day there are not many fresh supplies . of Wheat, but considerable supplies of the late foreign, sales dull, scarcely a!: last prices—fine Dantzic I i Os. to 1145.• per quar ter; Barley, with 'Malt, at the late reduttion ;' White Pease likewise ; Grey at less; New, Beans also 335. to 38s. per quarter; the supp Les of Oats are sornewh:t considerable, and saL!.. Fhtieof nearly as on Monday ; Eldur hardly at late prce;. Wheat - 74$ a 84s a Zoos 1 Tick Beans (old) 485 , 3 53s Fine ditto - - zozi a 1. , 5-.. ! Oats - - 2.2. S a 2,7 s a 3os Rye - - - 455 a sos I Poland ditto -32 s a ;Ss cci Barley . - 4us 3 475 Potatoc ditto —s a 3tis 0,1 Malt - - -72 S a kos• Rape Seed - - 4,.4 apl White Pease -70 s a .130 s Fine Flour - 9 ,, s v 9. Grey ditto - - 425 a 4SS Scconth beans (old) . 585 a 63s 4,S A Iy iris ham ; and Gan fro ra I COQ-. esty's ; 111 ra- h two ship Que. n don, d in- day s once from and d re rlik. St liCw guest I_ the ship m St•' I oil, from idon, 1 the sailed with from ,d, as brigs vn astor. more to his n pri- erness sacri- every dis. d ex• , &c. have ale a Mo- our Cor- Mes find, h we is re- the iil eling ortli any. India from t dis- MIMI n the Coat e, by him, the y, at Mar )man Irday its all merit rable. niug, mde, divi-